Holder for pens and pencils



s- 1935- 1.. A. HOUSE I 2,010,262

HOLDER FOR PENS AND PENCILS Filed Dec. 17, 1934 Patented Aug. 6, 1935 Lloyd A. House, Chicag 0, 111., assignor to Victor Adding Machine Company, Chicago lll a corporation of Delaware Application December 17,1934, Serial No. 757,846

' '7 Claims.

This invention relates to a holder for pens and pencils and. more particularly to a holder of a type which may be attached to various articles such as a book, pad or the like, for removably holding pens and pencils in connection with such articles.

The chief objects of the invention are the provision of a holder for pens and pencils which may be readily attached and yieldingly secured to the article while attached thereon and which has retaining means or compartments for receiving pens and pencils or the like to yieldingly'hold them in position.

Another object is the provision of a holder having a plurality of retaining means or compartments into which the pen or pencil is inserted and retained and. which are arranged so that they may be shifted longitudinally to permit of articles of various sizes to be placed and retained therebetween without hindering the efiiciency of theholding qualities exerted to the articles inserted in the retaining means. 7

A further object is the provision of novel clamp means fixedly secured to each end of the holder whereby the same may be attached to an article so as to be retained in a relatively taut position thereon.

A still further object is the provision of an extensible member having clamp means at each end thereof for attaching the holder to an article and arranged and constructed to permit of the retaining means or compartments to be positioned or removed therefrom while forming a relatively secure means for holding them while attached to the extensible member.

Referring to the drawing:-

Figure 1 is a perspective view of my device as attached to a book.

Figure 2 is a side elevation of the device before attaching the same.

Figure 3 is an enlarged detail cross-sectional view taken substantially on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1.

Figure 4 is an enlarged fragmentary detail cross-sectional view taken longitudinally through some of the retaining members.

Figure 5 is an enlarged detail perspective view of the channel-shaped member forming retaining means or compartments for the holder.

Figure 6 is a detail perspective view of the hook-like clamp secured to each end of the holder.

The device comprises a relatively long and thin extensible member ID on which a plurality of channel or U-shaped members H are carried. These U-shaped members H comprise a bottom wall I2 and the side walls l3 and [4 respectively which are provided with horizontally disposedelongated slot openings 15 and IS in the sidewalls l3 and I4 respectively through which the extensible member I0 is inserted. The channel or U-shaped members ll form retaining means or compartments for various types of articlessuch as pencils, pens, etc., and when positioned onthe extensible member ID, they may be adjusted longitudinally thereof to any position within the given bounds of the extensible member.

A hook-like clamp member I! is secured to each end of the extensible member H1 and is provided with a downwardly and inwardly directed portion forming a hook I8 which serves to attach the holder to an article on-which it is to be carried. The hook-like member I1 is provided with a bentover portion [9 which has relatively sharp teeth 29 at its free end portion and is adapted to receive the end of the extensible member l0 between its body portion and the formed end portion 19; then the portion 19 is firmly clamped to the extensible member [6 and the toothed edge 26 serves to bite into the extensible member and retain the hooklike member I! in fixed position thereon. These hook-like members are attached to each end of the extensible member ID and the U-shaped members I I and then positioned on to the extensible member 10 by means of threading the same through the elongated slot openings l5 and [6 of each of the U-shaped members II. The elongated slot openings l5 and 16 are of sufficient size to permit the hook portion [8 of the clamp member I! to freely pass through these openings while threading the extensible member l0 through the channel-shaped members, and when so positioned, the 3 U-shaped members II are then slidably carried for longitudinal movements on the extensible member ID.

Any number of U-shaped members Il may be positioned on the extensible member ID and when positioned with the holder attached to an article, for illustration in Figure 1, these U-shaped members may then be moved longitudinally of the extensible member In while being retained on an article to which it is attached. As a pen or pencil is inserted into the retaining means or compartments formed of the U-shaped members H, the extensible member In will exert a yieldable tension thereagainst and cause the pen or pencil to engage the bottom wall l2 of the retaining means 50 II and frictionally retain the article in position on the holder.

A holder of this type permits of larger articles to be retained thereby, and in order to do so, the U-shaped members H are spacedto form a guide therebetween for the article while the extensible member ID exerts a pressure on the top side thereof and retains the same against the article to which it is attached. Figure 3 illustrates the position assumed by the extensible member In as various articles are positioned in the retaining means or compartments II and also where an article is positioned between them.

As the holder is attached to an article, the bottom Walls 2 of the retaining means or compartments H are brought to rest on the article and form a relatively firm support for the holder as pens, pencils, etc., are positioned within the retaining means.

I claim:

1. A holder of the class described, comprising a thin relatively long and narrow flexible and yieldable member, a. plurality of channel-shaped members having aligned slot openings in their side walls, said yieldable member being threaded through the aligned slot openings of each of the 'channehshaped members retaining them in adjustable position thereon, and hook-like clamps secured to each end of the yieldable member whereby said yieldable member and channelshaped members may be removably attached to an article.

2. A holder of the class described, comprising a thin relatively long and narrow flexible and yieldable member, a plurality of channel-shaped members having aligned slot openings in their side walls, said yieldable member extending through the aligned slot openings of the plurality of channel-shaped members and retaining them slidably adjustable thereon, and hook means having means formed thereon into which the end of the yieldable member extends forming means to which the end of the yieldable member is secured, said hook means forming means for removably securing the holder to an article.

3. A holder of the class described, comprising a relatively long extensible member, a plurality of channel-shaped members slidably carried on said extensible member, said extensible member and each of the channel-shaped members forming a retaining means for an article placed therebetween.

4. A holder of the class described, comprising a relatively long extensible member, channelshaped members adjustably carried on said extensible member, hook means carried at each end of said extensible member, said channel-shaped members and extensible member forming retaining means for an article placed therebetween, said hook means providing means for attaching the holder and for exerting a tension on the extensible member to yieldingly retain articles placed in said channel-shaped members.

5. A holder of the class described, comprising a relatively long extensible member, channelshaped members adjustably carried on said extensible member, hook means secured at each end of said extensible member, said channel-shaped members and extensible member forming retaining means for an article placed therebetween, said hook means providing means for extending said extensible member to attach the holder to an article and for yieldingly retaining pens and pencils inserted in the channel-shaped members.

6. A holder of the class described, comprising a relatively long elastic, a plurality of U-shaped members slidably carried for independent adjustments on said elastic, said U-shaped members being arranged to form a. plurality of compartments with the elastic and between each other, and means secured to each end of saidelastic serving to retain the same in a relatively taut position on an article, said U-shaped members and elastic forming means between them for yieldingly retaining pens and pencils.

7. A holder of the class described, comprising a relatively long extensible member, means forming compartments adjustably carried on said extensible member, means secured at each end of said extensible member serving to attach the holder to an article, said extensible member and compartments forming means for yieldingly retaining pens and pencils placed therebetween while attached to an article.

LLOYD A. HOUSE. 

